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APRIL, 1925
SUN. 12  [[pre-printed]]Easter [[/printed]] A scraped, puttied & painted deck.  I cooked most of morning, roast chicken, potatoes, ^[[asparagus,]]^ celery  A bought dink, we brought it out & sat in sun.
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MON. 13  Up at 7 but too windy to go fishing.  I washed clothes, hair, watered & picked pansies.
TUES. 14  Painted pansies.  no good.

WED. 15  Painted from garbage pail.  no good.  Marketed  watered pansies.

THUR. 16  Started to work when Edie came & stayed till afternoon.  Engine wouldn't start - 

FRI. 17  Painted.  Willow tree against red bldg.  Windy afternoon - postals from Mary.

SAT. 18  A & I to Huntington A.M. shopping.  Painted in P.M.  No drinks.  Big rum runner unloaded at midnight here

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APRIL, 1925
SUN. 19  Lazy day.  No drinks.  Big wind & rain storm - 

MON. 20  Washed clothes.  Watered pansies.  Ironed.

TUES. 21  Felt rotten - lay down most of day.

WED. 22 Still feeling bum.  Tony here in P.M.  Jimmy McGowan later.  Wrot to Chub & mailed book.

THUR. 23  Bought tin boat in A.M. Tried out Mona in P.M.  Engine died, went aground first time.  Got at 8.P.M. & back to mooring.  Cleaned boat.  Still very prohibition[[??]].
FRI. 24  To Huntington P.M.  
SAT. 25  Felt much better  Scrubbed paint.  Tried out boat with mechanic, not right yet.  Couple of drinks.

Transcription Notes:
* McGowan not quite legible, but believe it to be correct based on other entries... Same with Chub TML * Mona the name of the Dove boat TML